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2.
Paul Pry among the bankers [graphic].

Creator:
Madeley, George Edward, printmaker
Published / Created:
[between 1824 and 1829?]
Call Number:
826.00.00.73
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
A scene in a bank: actor John Liston as the comic character Paul Pry, quizzing glass raised to his eyes, stands at the desk of a red-faced banker (left) who sits with quill pen in hand, another behind his ear, lower lip jutting out as he glares at hi...
Description:
Title from text below image.
Publisher:
Pub. by Ingrey & Madeley, Lithogc. Office, 310 Strand
Subject (Name):
Poole, John, 1786?-1872.
Subject (Topic):
Characters, Actors, British, Bankers, and Banking
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Paul Pry among the bankers [graphic].

3.
Polonius the tallest, fittest, properest [sic] man to walk before the King!!! / [graphic]

Creator:
Cruikshank, Isaac, 1764-1811, printmaker
Published / Created:
[7 November 1795]
Call Number:
795.11.07.01+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
The Marquis of Salisbury, holding a long wand of office and wearing military uniform (colonel of Hertfordshire Militia), with a plumed cap and spurred boots, walks stiffly in profile to the left, his coat-tails flying out behind him. His gold key of o...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pub. Novr. 7, 1795, by S.W. Fores, No. 50 Piccadilly
Subject (Name):
Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823
Subject (Topic):
Military uniforms and British
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > Polonius the tallest, fittest, properest [sic] man to walk before the King!!! / [graphic]

4.
The April fool, or, The follies of a night as performed at the Theatre Royal, C---n House, for the

Published / Created:
[1 April 1786]
Call Number:
786.04.01.01.2+ Impression 1
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"One of a set of prints on the marriage of the Prince of Wales, see BMSat 6924, &c. Mrs. Fitzherbert (left) and the Prince of Wales dance; she holds out her apron in her right hand, his left arm is raised as if dancing a Scots reel; he appears about t...
Alternative Title:
Follies of a night
Description:
Title from item below image.
Publisher:
Published 1st April 1786, by S.W. Fores at the Caricature Warehouse, No. 3 Piccadilly
Subject (Geographic):
Scotland.
Subject (Name):
George IV, King of Great Britain, 1762-1830, Fitzherbert, Maria Anne, 1756-1837, Burke, Edmund, 1729-1797, Hanger, George, 1751?-1824, and Salisbury, James Cecil, Marquess of, 1748-1823
Subject (Topic):
Chandeliers, Cooking utensils, Dance, Firearms, Floor coverings, Marriage, Military uniforms, British, Musical instruments, and Sofas
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > The April fool, or, The follies of a night as performed at the Theatre Royal, C---n House, for the benifit [sic] of the Widow Wadman. [graphic]

5.
They have been weighed in the balance, and are found wanting [graphic]

Creator:
Williams, Charles, active 1797-1830, printmaker
Published / Created:
[March 1809]
Call Number:
809.03.00.07+
Image Count:
1
Resource Type:
still image
Abstract:
"Mrs. Clarke (left) stands on one of a pair of scales which is held down by Wardle and almost rests on the ground, while three lawyers in wigs and gowns (evidently Sir W. Grant, Gibbs, and Plomer) stand on the other (right) which General Clavering tri...
Description:
Title etched below image.
Publisher:
Pubd. March 1809 by Walker, No. 7 Cornhill
Subject (Name):
Clarke, Mary Anne, 1776?-1852, Frederick Augustus, Prince, Duke of York and Albany, 1763-1827, Wardle, Gwyllym Lloyd, 1762?-1833, Grant, William, Sir, 1752-1832, Gibbs, Vicary, Sir, 1751-1820, Plumer, Thomas, Sir, 1753-1824, Clavering, Henry Mordaunt, Adam, William, 1751-1839, and Perceval, Spencer, 1762-1812.
Subject (Topic):
Military officers, British, Mistresses, Lawyers, Miters, and Scales
Found in:
Lewis Walpole Library > They have been weighed in the balance, and are found wanting [graphic]